Paul Hawken

Paul Hawken, according to his official biography on his website, "is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and author. Starting at age 20, he dedicated his life to sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment. His practice has included starting and running ecological businesses, writing and teaching about the impact of commerce on living systems, and consulting with governments and corporations on economic development, industrial ecology, and environmental policy." 

Paul Hawken is the founder and executive director of the Natural Capital Institute.


 * Advisory Board, Center for a New American Dream
 * Advisory Board, Green World Campaign
 * Advisory Board, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics
 * International Advisory Board, Women's Earth Alliance
 * Faculty member, SustainAbility
 * Network Member, Global Business Network
 * Winner of the 2003 Global Green Environmental Leadership Award

Criticism

 * Joel Kovel, "The Justifiers: A critique of Julian Simon, Stephan Schmidheiny, and Paul Hawken on Capitalism and Nature", Capitalism Nature Socialism, 10 (23), pp.3-36, (1999).
 * Ben Brucato, "Thoughts on Paul Hawken and Blessed Unrest", Blog, October 29, 2009.

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * Natural Capitalism
 * Protected Harvest
 * WiserBusiness
 * WiserEarth
 * WiserGovernment

External Articles

 * Jessica Guynn, Call it "Socially Responsible Idol", San Francisco Chronicle, May 9, 2007.
 * Felicia Tomasco, Paul Hawken Speaks about Social Change: The New Global Movement, Santa Barbara Independent, May 10, 2007.
 * John Stauber, Blessed Unrest for a Wiser Earth: John Stauber Interviews Paul Hawken, PRWatch.org, June 19, 2007.